Labour
LABOUR DEVELOPMENT: UA Local 46 highrise residential plumbers on strike

LABOUR DEVELOPMENT: UA Local 46 highrise residential plumbers on strike
TORONTO - As of 12:01 a.m. this morning members of the United Association Local 46 High Rise Residential Plumbers are on strike. According to a message posted on social media, the union states despite multiple rounds of bargaining, even the latest sessi...
Labour , Projects

Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling brings IBEW Local 2067 closer to pay day
Saskatchewan’s appeal court has ruled in favour of the International Brotherhood...
Labour

Painters, plumbers/steamfitters ratify Ontario ICI deals
Negotiators in Ontario’s unionized ICI sector say there’s a heightened commitmen...
Labour

Ontario expanding Skills Development Fund by nearly $1 billion over three years
TORONTO — Due mainly to the uncertainty surrounding tariffs, the Ontario governm...
Labour
Latest News

LABOUR DEVELOPMENT: UA Local 46 highrise residential plumbers on strike
TORONTO - As of 12:01 a.m. this morning members of the United Association Local...
Labour , Projects

Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling brings IBEW Local 2067 closer to pay day
Saskatchewan’s appeal court has ruled in favour of the International Brotherhood...
Labour

Painters, plumbers/steamfitters ratify Ontario ICI deals
Negotiators in Ontario’s unionized ICI sector say there’s a heightened commitmen...
Labour

Ontario expanding Skills Development Fund by nearly $1 billion over three years
TORONTO — Due mainly to the uncertainty surrounding tariffs, the Ontario governm...
Labour

Done deals: Carpenters’, LIUNA ratify provincial ICI contracts
Two of Ontario’s largest construction unions, the Labourers’ and the Carpenters’...
Labour

Ontario’s SDF seeing results with highest apprenticeship numbers since 2016
TORONTO — It’s been four years since Ontario’s Skills Development Fund (SDF) was...
Labour

Letter to the Editor: It’s not enough to close the labour gap — We need to close the skills gap
To the Editor, As the Canadian government moves ahead its plans to buil...
Labour

IBEW reaches three-year ICI deal for 6.9% raise
Ontario’s unionized ICI electrical contractors have announced a provincial deal...
Labour

Party leaders make promises on job skills training
OTTAWA — The main federal parties campaigned in the Montreal area Tuesday (April...
Labour

P.E.I. Mr. Plumber owner says women ‘will change the trade, one person at a time’
Business owner Tracy Croucher doesn’t take it personally when customers ask to s...
Labour

DiversiTrade’s Loney a shining example of pride in construction
When electrician Jessica Loney came out as a gender-diverse transwoman in 2019,...
Labour

Union programs and strong supports drawing women to trades
Unions, with their strong sense of inclusion and programs, are drawing in more a...
Labour

Tools in the Trades Boot Camp sees over 1,000 participants as campaign wraps
TORONTO – Support Ontario Youth (SOY) has announced the completion of another se...
Labour

Ontario ICI negotiators approach crunch time
With five weeks to go before contracts expire in Ontario’s unionized ICI constru...
Labour

More B.C. women hitting the road for roadbuilding
The BC Construction Association (BCCA) says an increasing number of women are wo...
Labour

Canada’s Women of Asphalt paving the way to connections
Since rolling out in 2024, the Canadian branch of the U.S.-based Women of Asphal...
Labour

Not Joe…Joette: RJC Engineers’ Decore a champion for diversity
For Joette Decore, executive principal at RJC Engineers in Edmonton, working in...
Labour

Ashleigh Kaliszuk: Have camera, will travel
Ashleigh Kaliszuk, the owner/operator of Construct YEG is one of the few constru...
Labour

Jessica Racovali has a solid foundation in construction, growing with Dufferin Concrete
Life and career came full circle for third generation concrete sector member Jes...
Labour

EllisDon’s Slater committed to safety after switch from health care to construction
Moving from a career in the health rehabilitation field to one in construction m...
Labour

Breaking many barriers: Smart Density co-founder tackles housing diversity
Naama Blonder has put issues such as improved housing costs and increased housin...
Labour

Ironworkers Local 97 calls for ‘immediate end’ to Temporary Foreign Worker program
OTTAWA — Uncertainty and the threat of looming tariffs against Canada by U.S. Pr...
Labour

McMaster University takes first place in MCAA 2025 Student Chapter Competition
AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada (MCAC) is congr...
Labour

CAF celebrates continuing efforts to advance equity in the skilled trades
OTTAWA — March 8 is International Women’s Day (IWD) and in recognition of the da...
Labour

P.E.I. may be small but the future is bright for men and women in roofing
Karolyn Willis got her start in construction at an early age. The Prince Edward...
Labour

The Skills Ontario International Women’s Day Celebration returns to Linamar
GUELPH, ONT. – Skills Ontario is once again hosting its Celebration for Internat...
Labour

Campbell receives King Charles III Coronation Medal
TORONTO — Chris Campbell, Carpenters’ Union Local 27 president and director of d...
Labour

Women in Construction Week: Together we rise
TORONTO – Since 1998 the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) h...
Labour

Women in Concrete panellists address achieving a fair and equitable workplace
The challenges women in construction face, the obstacles that have been overcome...
Labour

International Brotherhood of Boilermakers backing Ford in Ontario election
BURLINGTON, ONT. — The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, which represen...
Labour

Black History Month: EllisDon announces inaugural VIBE Award
TORONTO — EllisDon’s newly launched inaugural VIBE Award is an initiative meant...
Labour

Black History Month: Celebrating leadership and legacy
Every February Canadians celebrate Black History Month with a variety of events...
Labour
Most Read News

UPDATE: Tory MP, unions concerned about lack of labour minister amid Trump’s tariffs
OTTAWA — Conservative MP Jamil Jivani sent a letter to the federal government We...
Government

Prime Minister Carney holds his first meeting with new cabinet this morning
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet with his new cabinet this mor...
Government

Ontario to make gas tax cut permanent, remove tolls on Hwy 407 East portion
PICKERING, ONT. — Ontario drivers are set to benefit from the province's upcomin...
Government

Residential associations praise Ontario’s move to get homebuilding back on track
TORONTO — Several industry associations are lauding the provincial government’s...
Associations

M&A may have to wait amid trade war, but WSP Global CEO sanguine as profits rise
MONTREAL — WSP Global Inc. remains largely insulated from tariff fallout and cos...
Economic

Ottawa looks to off-load costly, seldom-used mobile hospitals bought for the pandemic
OTTAWA — The federal government expects to spend about $7 million this fiscal ye...
Government

Enbridge CEO ‘completely enthused’ by conversation around energy in Canada, U.S.
CALGARY — The chief executive of pipeline builder Enbridge Inc. says he's encour...
Resource

Engineers, roadbuilders reiterate call for increased RCA in projects
TORONTO — A recent session hosted as part of the Ontario Society of Professional...